A 3-D printer gone wild — New Zealander is printing up an Aston Martin DB4.

We knew it had to come to this. Three-dimensional computer printers are becoming the rage and it’s even said you can print up a 3-D plastic gun from one of these things. What about a car?

In New Zealand, Ivan Sentch has been working for the better part of a year on cobbling up a 1961 Aston Martin DB4, using an old Nissan as a donor car, then printing up the components Aston Martin to somehow graft on to the Nissan. It’ll probably be cheaper than finding the real thing on the open market (one recently sold at auction for $412,000).

We wish him the best of luck and, er, what does he use for Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) when he goes to get it registered? More about the car at this Autoweek piece.